I'm sitting here with my napkin tied around my neck waiting for a slice of that delicious looking melon...and for a plate of ratatouille or breadcrumb-Parmesan crumbed eggplant drizzled with garlic butter! ;)

Such a delicious and pleasing variety. And the purples of the sky of the bottom one with the jet trail...! It's all lovely. (Although, curmudgeon I am, I keep thinking of the hothouse-like temperatures that made it all possible!)

Aubergines and squash, fabulous. You like in the garden of eden it alwys seems to me, minus the snake and that bloke/woman god. Beautiful, beautiful pictures. Thanks for that. What I wouldn't give to lie down on the grass for a while in your garden. Clicking my fingers for a herbal tea, and then getting it chucked in my face for being so cheeky. x

All Consuming: Getting the herbal tea chucked in your face assumes that I have made it for you in the first place. Though I probably would, and one for me and we could lie in the garden and laugh at all the things we shouldn't.

Fun to see the pretty veggies among your pretty flowers! I've never grown eggplant before, but I'd be turning those lovely specimens into baba ganouj (I loooove that stuff!) Nice to see a critter helping your garden as well!

That sky is beautiful - and it doesn't look like a scorching weather sky. Can we assume your temperatures are modifying somewhat? Hope so!

Laloofah: Thank you for the idea. I also love baba ganouj. I must hunt out a recipe. I hadn't grown eggplant before, but was surprised at how easy it was. I will do it again. We are also growing peanuts this year as an experiment. I hope they also succeed.

Snowbrush: Preying mantises are in every garden over here. This one was in my bathroom - where it didn't belong, and has been moved outside. They have a little in common with spiders in that if the males are not quick the female will capture him and devour him after mating. While eating they hold their prey in their long front legs - holding them in front of their face - almost in a position of prayer. For that reason some people know them as praying mantises.

Gorgeous photos!!!! Thank you so much for sharing! I love the colored calla lilies... we only had white ones growing up, so nice to see different ones!! And I love the insects too... there is a wheel of insects at the local (very, very tiny) nature center, basically lots of moths and such pinned, and you can turn the wheel around and look at them. Someone has also stuck a little matchbox VW bug on the display (ha ha). THANK YOU!!!

What a wonderful garden you have to be sure. Loved that melon. Our poor old garden is battling through the summer heat and neither of us seems to have the energy to do much wit it. Just great to share yours so thank you for these pics. xx

Mimsie: Thank you. Our hot weather, while toxic, has been less severe than yours. Our garden is suffering, but would have been burnt to a crisp in your temperatures. And I don't blame you for not having the energy to do anything in the temperatures you have been enduring.

Such beauty!.....except for that green monster of a bug! You're having summer while I have winter, You say tomato and I say to-MA-to!:)Right now I'm looking out my window watching our ever changing "wintry mix" as the weather people call it. Snow and sleet...and later we're supposed to also get freezing rain. I'm so glad I can stay in and just watch! Have a wonderful day/evening!!